MUMBAI: The owners of Veer Marathas, the latest franchise to enter Pro Wrestling League, have promised to invest back into the sport any money they raise from PWL, including sponsorship.
Co-owner Ranjit Saxena announced this during the team’s logo launch on Friday in the presence of all its owners, its players for the third edition and Aditya Thackeray, the Shiv Sena scion and an ardent supporter of the sport in Maharashtra, IANS reports.
“Maharashtra is a natural home for wrestling. Our first international champions have come from here,” he said.
“We want to take the sport back to its former glory,” he added.
Ravi Jain, another co-owner, underlining his vision for the sport, said the Veer Marathas would set up wrestling academies in places like Sholapur and Aurangabad that have a well-known affinity to wrestling.
Saxena pointed out that wrestling is not only India’s natural sport but also the sport in which the country is winning the most medals at the Olympics and international level.
“We all need to give everything we can to wrestling. That’s the only way we can become a major power in the sport,” he said.
